THE LAGNIAPPE LETTER & LAGNIAPPE QUARTERLY REPORT

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THE LAGNIAPPE LETTER
& LAGNIAPPE QUARTERLY REPORT
CONCISE ANALYSIS
SYSTEMATIC INFORMATION
FOR THOSE WHO MUST MAKE
INFORMED DECISIONS
ABOUT LATIN AMERICA
The biweekly Lagniappe Letter provides hard news
and analysis on economic, financial, business and legal topics that
affect your business in Latin America.
The Lagniappe Quarterly Report analyzes the cut-
ting edge issues driving the economic and political agendas of the
largest countries in the region.
The Lagniappe Quarterly Monitor provides month-
by-month statistics and projections of key financial data, plus synopses
of production trends and major corporate moves.
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SPECIAL REPORT on pages #9 and #10 focusing on timely financial, trade and market
developments that offer important insights for business decision-making.
The Quarterly Report probes the big issues that can alter the political/economic risks of do-
ing business in the region-issues like US trade policy, the trend toward privatization, investor
attitudes, terrorism and other forms of political destabilization. Every Quarterly also contains a
DEBT REPORT that keeps you advised country-by-country on the negotiations and agreements
reached between creditors and debtors..
The Quarterly Monitor is a data base that is both a handy reference tool for keeping track
of key indicators, like month-by-month changes in exchange rates, cost of money, cost of liv-
ing and trade trends, as well as an advisory system of where key economic indicators are
expected to go in coming months. A COMPANY MONITOR keeps you briefed on expansions,
acquisitions, sellouts and other moves by major companies operating in each large market.
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ANALYSIS OF ISSUES AFFECTING BUSINESS IN LATIN AMERICA
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OPERATIONS IN LATIN A~,IERICA
TREND ANA1a'SIS FOR BUSINESS
FINANCIAL MONITOR: MEXICO
(In millions us$)
4 Change Exchange Rate
Trade Current
Interest Sal, %cct.eal. Reserves Of
Nl Rate(t) Imports Exports
012 26.23
1981 28.7 32.8
1982 98.8 61.9
1983 81.0 35.0
1984.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr?
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
1985
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
60.0 49.0
6.4 0.3
5.3 3.0
5.1 5.5
4.3
3.3
3.6
3.3
2.8
3.0
3.5
6.4
0.2
0.1
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3.5
3.4 -0.8
4.5 -0.9
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88.2
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75.5
71.1
70.3
73.5
73.2
71.2
69.8
65.8
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3.9 -4.2
3.1 -6.0
2.4 1.0
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2,121 1,540 818 4,933 148.0 165.4
4,827 151.7 169.2
1,926 1,148 5,024 155.8 173.2
2,055 1,306 391 5,255 159.7 177.1
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